List I mentions various methods of research while List II offers their…

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List I mentions various methods of research while List II offers their description. Match List I with List II:

List I (Research Methods)

List II (Description)

(A) Experimental method

(I) A detailed description of the way people believe and act in a particular society.

(B) Ex-post facto method

(II) Studies designed to obtain information concerning the current status of phenomena.

(C) Descriptive survey method

(III) Studying the effect of manipulating independent variable on dependent variable under appropriate control imposed.

(D) Ethnographic method

(IV) Conducting a probe into causal factors on the basis of evidences manifest now.

  1. A.

    (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

  2. B.

    (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

  3. C.

    (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

  4. D.

    (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

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Correct answer: D

Experimental method studies the effect of manipulating an independent variable under control.

Ex-post facto method probes causal factors from evidence already present.

Descriptive survey studies the current status of phenomena.

Ethnographic method describes how people believe and act in a society.

So the correct match is A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I.

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